package com.activeandroid.serializer;

import java.io.File;

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2010 Michael Pardo
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */


public final class FileSerializer extends TypeSerializer {
	public Class<?> getDeserializedType() {
		return File.class;
	}

	public Class<?> getSerializedType() {
		return String.class;
	}

	public String serialize(Object data) {
		if (data == null) {
			return null;
		}

		return ((File) data).toString();
	}

	public File deserialize(Object data) {
		if (data == null) {
			return null;
		}

		return new File((String) data);
	}
}
